Use of Cytosponge as a triaging tool to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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di Pietro, Massimiliano
Modolell, Ines
O'Donovan, Maria
Price, Catherine
Pilonis, Nastazja D
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, endoscopy services have been severely curtailed—eg, in England, UK, a 30% reduction of diagnostic endoscopies has been reported for the period between January and April, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, with an estimated 750 oesophagogastric cancers going undiagnosed. A delay in oesophageal cancer diagnosis could adversely affect outcomes, such as has previously been seen with low endoscopy referral rates being linked with poor outcomes from oesophageal cancer.
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Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Barrett Esophagus, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections, Deglutition Disorders, Esophageal Neoplasms, Esophagoscopy, Gastroscopy, Humans, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral, SARS-CoV-2, Stomach Neoplasms, Surgical Sponges, Triage
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The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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2468-1253
2468-1253
2468-1253
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5
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Elsevier
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